Word: explainers
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...Which may help explain why George W. Bush looked a bit mystified last week as he struggled to interest voters in one of the biggest tax-cut proposals in recent history. Taunted by Al Gore's accusations that his plan favors the rich and endangers America's prosperity, Bush and his aides abandoned their Theme of the Week--education--and spent their time rebutting Gore and explaining (and then explaining again) Bush's plan. This marked the campaign's first serious message derailment since last February, when Bush visited Bob Jones University while slugging it out with John McCain...
...many pediatricians, parents and teachers will tell you, this first sign of puberty seems to be occurring more often among six-year-olds and seven-year-olds than ever before. (Boys, as far as anyone can tell, are still growing up at their usual, slower pace.) Nobody can explain this speedup. Some even question whether it's real or anything abnormal. But if you suspect your first- or second-grader is blossoming too early, some basic information may help you sort through the confusion...
...study from research firms Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications helps explain Goosehead's appeal. Since 1999 the number of teen girls online has more than doubled, to 4.4 million. And for the first time in the U.S., more women are logging on than men. While the percentage of teen girls is increasing the fastest, women 55 and older are a close second. What's the lure? Girls chat on sites like teen.com and cosmogirl.com while working moms save time shopping at sites like babygear.com and walgreens.com Older women frequent health and family sites, such as merck-medco.com and familyhistory.com...
There's nothing uncommon--or wrong--about a politician's working on behalf of his constituents; Lieberman's service is no different from a Michigan politician's protecting the auto industry or a Texas politician's looking out for big oil. But it helps explain his enormous popularity in Connecticut, the generous contributions he has received from its industries and some of the positions he has taken on their behalf...
...night and did not in any case get drunk), perhaps is married and didn't want to use his real name, and borrowed mine for the evening as a sort of private gag, a dumb, spur-of-the-moment stunt. 2) He makes a habit of this (how else explain what he knows about me?) - he's a sick and mischievous character, a con artist with a personality disorder. Get out the bug spray...